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Education As We Know It Is Finished - Forbes.com

Education As We Know It Is Finished - Forbes.com:
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn, 07.12.10, 05:10 PM EDT
Classrooms are giving way to online learning--forever."

According to the authors, economics may be joining the list of forces leading major changes in education. That can be really powerful.

"Many schools have framed the looming cuts as a threat to how they operate--even though the teaching force has grown by 10% since 2000, while student enrollment increased by only 5%. But others are seeing the hardship of the moment as an opportunity to transform what they do with the implementation of online learning. Pressured by not only widespread cuts but also increasing demands for accountability, these innovative leaders recognize that online learning is a key reform for doing more with less."

Special Report: U.S. data dogs on quest for sexier statistics | Reuters

Special Report: U.S. data dogs on quest for sexier statistics | Reuters

Some excerpts from the article:

A handful of data-loving economists in key positions at Treasury, the Commerce Department and the White House are pushing for alternative measures to provide a clearer picture of how well the economy is working.

Two new sets of statistics are due to be launched next year. The Labor Department is working on an enhanced time use study to track what Americans do all day and how they feel about those activities, a project that draws on Krueger's academic research. (www.bls.gov/tus/)

Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment

Readability™ is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading. It is a "bookmarklet" i.e. a toolbar button that you can add to your browser. You can click on it while reading any web page and it will get rid of all the clutter on the page, making it easy for you to read the content. I also use it for printing, saving me a bunch of pages and ink that gets spent in all that extra clutter.

Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment